The Pfizer CEO has just shared this major update
This new means that you may be able to get your vaccine earlier than expected.
The deployment of Covid vaccines has been rocky, with some states alreadyshort of doses. To make things more complicated, new disease control and prevention centers (CDC)Rochelle Walensky, MD, recently stated that the government does not knowHow many vaccine The Nation has, which prevents planning distribution and administration. However, CEO of PfizerAlbert Bourla Just share a major update on the company's vaccine that can help accelerate things. On January 26, Bourla announced that Pfizer can fill the United States. Pussies of 200 million doses two months earlier than expected. Read to find out what is behind this change of chronology and for more vaccinals,The chief medicine of Moderna has just given this upsetting update.
Pfizer can provide US.S. 200 million doses two months earlier than expected.
CNN reports thatBourla shared the encouraging news At the Bloomberg event "the coming year" on January 26 "" at the USD, we promised to provide 100 million doses by the end of the first quarter, and we will be able to provide 120 right now " , said Bourla. "The same goes with the second quarter. We planned to provide them up to 200 million doses by the end of the second quarter, beginning of the third third. At the moment, we will be able to provide 200 million doses two months earlier. "And for more information up to date,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
There is an additional dose in the pfizer vaccine bottles.
Pfizer is able to exceed its original objective because the vials of society give more doses than expected. December 16,The New York Times reported that pharmacists have discovered that most of the Pfizer's flasks meant that five doses reallycontained enough product for a sixth dose. On January 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an update to recognize the new discovery andAllow states to put the sixth dose to use.
By Bloomberg, Bourla stated that Pfizer was aware of theAdditional dose in the bottleBut the company had to generate data to secure the approvals of government authorities around the world to use the sixth dose. Bourla stated that the increase of five to six doses per bottle "provides an additional 20% capacity." And for more on the future of the pandemic,The CEO of Moderna has just made this frightening prediction on Covid.
A special syringe is needed to administer the sixth dose.
Depending on the update of the FDA, "syringes and / or low-volume needles can be used to extract six doses from a single bottle. If standard syringes and needles are used, it may not be there. Having enough volume to extract a sixth dose of a single vial. " As reported Bloomberg, Bourla said that Pfizer has worked to provide governments with the tools needed to extract the last dose. And for the news on another Covid vaccine,These are the side effects of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
All vaccination sites are not able to extract a sixth dose.
Seizing the sixth dose is not possible everywhere. January 23rd,Sanjay Gupta, MD, Neurosurgeon and Chief Medical Advisor for CNN, saidNew day Special syringes are not available at each vaccination site, which could leave hundreds ofSixth doses in the bottom of the bottle. "Many places have them but not all places," Gupta noted.
According to CNN, the government contracted McKesson, a medical supplies company to helpDistributing the necessary syringe kits To make sure more sites have the ability to use the entire vaccine bottle without leaving a dose going to waste. And for more vaccines,Dr. Fauci says he had these side effects of his second dose of vaccine.
